
Pax Britannica
The Climax of an Empire - Pax Britannica, Volume 2
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Narrado por:
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Roy McMillan
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Jan Morris
The Pax Britannica trilogy is Jan Morris’s magnificent history of the British Empire from 1837 to 1965. Huge in scope and ambition, it is always personal and immediate, bringing the story vividly to life. Pax Britannica, the second volume, is a snapshot of the Empire at the Diamond Jubilee of 1897. It looks at what made up the Empire —from adventurers and politicians to communications and infrastructure, as well as anomalies and eccentricities. This humane overview also examines the muddle of jumbled ideologies behind it, and how it affected its 370 million people.
Listen to Heaven's Command: An Imperial Progress - Pax Britannica, Volume 1.;Download the accompanying reference guide.
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what a rich and deep history of Empire
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What did you love best about Pax Britannica?
Mesmerizing history of the British EmpireWhat did you like best about this story?
The context it set for me vastly improved my understandingWhat about Roy McMillan’s performance did you like?
Lovely voice, nicely cadencedAmazing history!
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Production values in the audio is of the normal Audbile high standard.
Nothing is ever as simple as it seems
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thoroughness of English history not known to most r
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Sweeping overview of a golden age
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Breathtaking body of work
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This book is a tour-De-force of history as it surveys almost every conceivable angle of the Empire as it stood on this one day. This covers not just the physical condition of the people in England, imperialists at work in the Empire, and the people who were being ruled - but their attitudes, literature, music, arts, military capabilities, and more.
There are so many things to recommend about this trilogy, but one of the most impressive is how many places Mr. Morris physically visited while putting it together. This gives its descriptions, which are lavish and highly evocative, a "been there" authority. Of course, we only know when an empire is at its peak when its decline is in view, but given that this book was originally written in the late 1960's Mr. Morris's choice of this date seems very prescient.
And it must be noted that the narrator - Roy McMillan - is simply brilliant in his performance.
A must add to your library.
The British Empire at it's Peak
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The anecdotes paint very real portraits of the colorful characters involved, and it is through these that the stereotypes and social trends of the age are examined, supported, refuted, and otherwise challenged both in mind and at heart. We see the wide spectrum of thought and deed, poking holes in the oversimplifications of history, and for many like myself with a mind towards the curious, these stories will likely open doors to new rabbit holes worthy of exploration.
As before, Roy McMillan's narration serves very well. He manages to capture the pomposity and the insecurity of the peoples discussed, connecting the reader with an age that, while not too distant from our own and similar in many regards, seems so far and otherwise alien to us as to be relegated to the realms of fantasy. There is a humanity in this series that author and narrator combined bring forth, making it a win as far as I'm concerned.
The Extreme Highs and Lows of an Age
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One of the best series I've ever read.
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While it’s obviously the product of a prodigious amount of research and organization, it is descriptive rather than narrative, and it doesn’t contain the often gripping stories of battles, exploration, etc., that made the first volume so absorbing.
It’s thus a more static book, and at times — especially when Morris is describing churches, paintings, houses, cityscapes, musical compositions, etc. — I wished I were watching a documentary film rather than simply listening to a portrait in words.
Nonetheless, as with volume one, Morris writes like an angel, and he nicely balances his sympathies between the generally benevolent British and their sometimes unhappy colonial subjects. One comes away with the sense that however arrogant and vainglorious the British could be, and sometimes downright ruthless and avaricious, they were also, compared with other imperial powers, largely honorable and well-intentioned, and their empire was a civilizing force around the globe.
As before, McMillan’s narration is superb. I can’t imagine I’d have finished this book if I’d been reading it in print.
Unlike the lively and compelling first volume...
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